Passing on the inn: Montgomery bed and breakfast owner looking to sell Lattice Inn to someone with vision

10:50 PM,
Dec. 14, 2012

Jim Yeaman has placed his Lattice Inn Bed and Breakfast in Montgomery up for sale.

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Jim Yeaman believes the future could be bright for his historic Garden District bed and breakfast, but it will take someone who can see the possibilities - and someone who has deeper pockets than Yeaman - to make it happen.

Yeaman has guests booked through December at The Lattice Inn, where a warm fireplace and Christmas décor waits to welcome them to the charming 1906 cottage at 1414 S. Hull St. not far from the Governor's Mansion.

"We're not giving up on it," said Yeaman, who turns 71 in a few weeks. "We just realize it's a limited future here for me with my current age and creaking joints." ...